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i want to move from washington to the kremlin. i don't know if it was vladimir riding bareback or the sweet smell of cinnabons wafting from the airport but edward snowden was granted military asylum in russia and walked freely out of the now infamous moscow airport. why do you think vladimir putin would do this? >> just to make america crazy. >> it is what america would have done in all honesty. i think that, you know, this is the -- affairs game that we see on tv. if we had a guy who came here and was stuck at la guardia, you know, depends on how you want to treat somebody. you could keep them at la guardia, that would drive somebody crazy. we would keep them and use it as a negotiating ploy, et cetera. because what do you think? we're going to pick up the phone and say we've got a guy with a lot of secrets. we're going to send him back home. we would do the same exact thing. >> john: basil, i'm old enough to remember july when putin was saying we don't want you to harm our american friends. it seemed to be like they were making
i want to move from washington to the kremlin. i don't know if it was vladimir riding bareback or the sweet smell of cinnabons wafting from the airport but edward snowden was granted military asylum in russia and walked freely out of the now infamous moscow airport. why do you think vladimir putin would do this? >> just to make america crazy. >> it is what america would have done in all honesty. i think that, you know, this is the -- affairs game that we see on tv. if we had a guy...
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he joins us now from washington, d.c. dan, what a pleasure. thank you so much for being here on "viewpoint." >> john, thank you. >> john: congratulations to all of the acclaim your book has received. as you know, this weekend in iowa, both santorum and cruz criticized the romney campaign for its use of the catchphrase "you did build that." their argument it was another instance of him cozying up to the rich republicans. was that mitt romney's core problem as you see it? >> well, it was certainly a problem, john, in this respect. governor romney and president obama look at the economy from two totally different perspectives. their life experiences push them in different directions. when governor romney talked about the economy, he often talked about it from the perspective of job creators, whether small business people or larger business owners. he did not talk about the economy in terms of the working people. the people who were working in those factories or in the small businesses. i think, as a result of that, there was a disconnect for romn
he joins us now from washington, d.c. dan, what a pleasure. thank you so much for being here on "viewpoint." >> john, thank you. >> john: congratulations to all of the acclaim your book has received. as you know, this weekend in iowa, both santorum and cruz criticized the romney campaign for its use of the catchphrase "you did build that." their argument it was another instance of him cozying up to the rich republicans. was that mitt romney's core problem as you...
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cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion dollars in spending cuts! narrator>>> uniquely progressive and always topical, the worlds largest online news show is on current tv. cenk off air>>> and i think the audience gets, "this guys to best of his for us." only on current tv! >> john: i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." you know that gay rights have come a long way when the fight comes to country music which has been known, of course, for good ole boy politics and sadly, gay bashing songs going back decades. take 195 is's bob peck song "homo the range" about a cowboy named alexis. >> he wa
cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think...
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there is way too much bipartisanship in washington, especially on economic issues. the things that pass the u.s. senate typically by votes of 95 or 99 to 1 are either wars or massiveta, give aways. you have a bipartisan effort in secret to make sure that a supposed overhaul of the tax code is one that allows the corporate community to secretly write even more good yis into the tax code without the average voter seeing what is going on. and the reason for that is because the average voter, sees these kinds of special giveaways. sees what they are all about, the fear is, is they will face consequences at the voting booth. >> john: indeed. one last question, do we really believe these suggestions aren't going to somehow be leaked before 50 years go by? >> that's a great question. i don't know if they will ever be leaked. i know the uglier the tax proposal is, the more effort there will be to keep it truly secret for 50 years. here is one thing i would add to that, the people who are going to know who spon sored those tax proposals will be those lobbyists. a senator tha
there is way too much bipartisanship in washington, especially on economic issues. the things that pass the u.s. senate typically by votes of 95 or 99 to 1 are either wars or massiveta, give aways. you have a bipartisan effort in secret to make sure that a supposed overhaul of the tax code is one that allows the corporate community to secretly write even more good yis into the tax code without the average voter seeing what is going on. and the reason for that is because the average voter, sees...
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. >> john: jeff bezos buys "the washington post." this is the biggest thing to happen to print media since tina brown turned it into a blog. reince priebus warns cnn if they run their planned mini series on hillary clinton, he will not let them carry the g.o.p. debates. thereby, totally p promotiti ememseselvlves in n adadvance ad guaranteeing cnn and abc will get better ratings than if they carried the debate. tonight's f bomb, it is an open letter to the right wing pro-life anti-abortion repeal roe v. wade community about how the republican party has been suckering them for decades. today is the birthday of crouching tiger hidden dragon star and bond girl, the great michelle yo, love her. andy warhol would have been 85 today. and the late great elliott smith nominated for an oscar for good will hunting soundtrack would have been 44 today. also, the best comedy tour you never heard of and congressman alan grayson is here. this is "viewpoint"! >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. thank you for joining us on "viewpoint." the u.s
. >> john: jeff bezos buys "the washington post." this is the biggest thing to happen to print media since tina brown turned it into a blog. reince priebus warns cnn if they run their planned mini series on hillary clinton, he will not let them carry the g.o.p. debates. thereby, totally p promotiti ememseselvlves in n adadvance ad guaranteeing cnn and abc will get better ratings than if they carried the debate. tonight's f bomb, it is an open letter to the right wing pro-life...
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cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion dollars in spending cuts! narrator>>> uniquely progressive and always topical, the worlds largest online news show is on current tv. cenk off air>>> and i think the audience gets, "this guys to best of his abilities is trying to look out for us." only on current tv! >> did anyone tell the pilgrims they should self-deport? >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast". >> (laughter). >> she gets the comedians laughing. >> that's the best! >> that's hilarious. >> ... and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there is wiggle room in the ten commandment
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washington and jefferson grew it. it was used as a painkiller. ben franklin started the first colonial printing paper using hemp paper. legendary industrialist william randolph hurst didn't like the competition from more natural hemp paper. dupont chemical was threatened by the natural properties. hurst papers began using the spanish slang term marijuana to capitalize on the anti-mexican racism. it was made illegal back in 1937. in '70, president nixon signed the controlled substance act making cannabis a schedule one controlled substance alongside drugs like heroin and pcp gaining to be be more harmful than cocaine. the prison industrial complex has benefited mightily from locking up thousands of nonviolent drug offenders for possession. more recently, michael phelps proved if an autograph's photographed with a bong, it is a scandal. i'm talking to you, president obama because i know you watch current. medical marijuana is at 75% approval. 76% among doctors. you, mr. president are at 49% approval. when you ran, you promised to leave california's
washington and jefferson grew it. it was used as a painkiller. ben franklin started the first colonial printing paper using hemp paper. legendary industrialist william randolph hurst didn't like the competition from more natural hemp paper. dupont chemical was threatened by the natural properties. hurst papers began using the spanish slang term marijuana to capitalize on the anti-mexican racism. it was made illegal back in 1937. in '70, president nixon signed the controlled substance act making...